tvpworld.com: Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam Network
An alleged series of high-quality AI-generated deepfake videos reportedly mimicked Lithuanian TV segments, politicians, and doctors to promote fraudulent health products and anti-vaccine disinformation. Distributed mainly via Facebook, the videos reportedly reached audiences in up to 15 EU countries. Fact-checkers and cybersecurity experts reportedly described the campaign as part of a coordinated scam network designed to extract money by impersonating trusted public figures…
AI Incident Database · Incident 1119Operator lens (medium): inspect D2 (output validation), D6 (autonomy oversight), D7 (tool permissions).
Event summary
An alleged series of high-quality AI-generated deepfake videos reportedly mimicked Lithuanian TV segments, politicians, and doctors to promote fraudulent health products and anti-vaccine disinformation. Distributed mainly via Facebook, the videos reportedly reached audiences in up to 15 EU countries. Fact-checkers and cybersecurity experts reportedly described the campaign as part of a coordinated scam network designed to extract money by impersonating trusted public figures…
Linked entities
- deepfake-technology-developers
organisation | 70%
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
organisation | 70%
- unknown-international-scam-network-operating-across-multiple-eu-countries
organisation | 70%
- scammers
organisation | 70%
- aurelijus-veryga
organisation | 70%
- vytautas-kasiulevicius
organisation | 70%
- social-media-users-in-lithuania
organisation | 70%
- general-public-of-lithuania
organisation | 70%
- general-public-of-the-european-union
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |